Total duck egg production for January to March 2022 was registered at 12.88 thousand metric tons, indicating an 11.8 percent increase from the 11.52 thousand metric tons output during the same period last year.

Central Luzon was the top producer of duck egg during the reference quarter with 7.21 thousand metric tons or 55.9 percent share to the total production.

Completing the top five (5) major producing regions and their corresponding shares to total production were the following:
a. Western Visayas, 10.6 percent;
b. Northern Mindanao, 7.8 percent;
c. SOSSCKSARGEN, 5.2 percent; and
d. CALABARZON, 3.6 percent.

These regions accounted for 83.1 percent of the country’s total duck egg production.

Relative to their levels in the same period of 2021, six (6) regions exhibited increments in production during the period. Central Luzon reported the highest annual increase of 36.6 percent from 5.28 thousand metric tons in the same period of the previous year to 7.21 thousand metric tons this quarter. (Figure 1)

As of 31 March 2022, the total duck laying flock inventory was estimated at 6.69 million birds. About 43.8 percent of duck laying flock population was recorded in Central Luzon, followed by Western Visayas with 8.9 percent share and SOCCSKSARGEN with 8.0 percent share. These three regions accounted for 60.7 percent of the total laying flock inventory in the country. (Figure 2)

In January to March 2022, the average farmgate price of duck egg in commercial farms was quoted at PhP 7.00 per piece or equivalent to a decline of -2.9 percent from the previous year’s same period average price of PhP 7.21 per piece.

The highest average farmgate price during the reference period was noted in February 2022 at PhP 7.06 per piece, while the lowest was observed in March 2022 at PhP 6.93 per piece. (Figure 3)

DENNIS S. MAPA, Ph.D.
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General

TECHNICAL NOTES

This Duck Egg Situation Report presents the duck egg industry in terms of volume of production, laying flock inventory, and average farmgate price. The report was prepared to serve as ready reference for the various clients and stakeholders in the agriculture sector of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). It is released quarterly; that is, every February, May, August, and November.

Concepts and Definitions

Volume of production refers to the volume of duck egg disposed from locally-raised duck including those duck eggs which were shipped out to other regions/provinces.

Inventory refers to the actual number of duck laying flock present in the farm as of a specific reference date.

Farmgate price refers to the price received by raisers for their produce at the location of farm. Thus, marketing costs, such as the transport and other marketing cost (if any) incurred in selling the produce, are not included in the farmgate prices. The 2020 to 2021 farmgate prices included in this special release were sourced from the Price Statistics Division (PSD), while the 2022 farmgate prices were based on the surveys of Livestock and Poultry Statistics Division (LPSD).